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WELCOME:
Sense of Place: Effective learning environments.

AIM:
Participants will create a list of guiding principles for effective design of computer-friendly learning spaces.

AGENDA:
1) Welcome and Overview:
a) What do effective learning environments look and feel like?
b) What are some factors that influence the limits of effective design?

2) Sense of Places_Images:
a) What do you notice?
b) What seems like it can work well?
c) What seems like it can't work well?

3) Discussion: What did you/we notice?

4) What are our guiding principles about effective learning spaces?
Items to consider:
a) interests: student, teacher, school, district
b) sustainable technology & long-term planning
c) effective teaching & learning/professional development
e) student movement: sense of place
Small-Group Foci (recommended):
Group A: Student Perspective
Group B: Teacher Perspective
Group C: School Perspective
Group D: District (or K-12?) Perspective
Group E: Other

THANK YOU:
1) Our final document will be posted here for your review and editing.
2) Please send follow-up comments or recommendations Gamal Sherif at gsherif@scienceleadership.org